ESPN has just released its Sunday Night Baseball schedule for the first half of the season. It goes down like this:
March 31: Texas Rangers at Houston Astros
April 7: Los Angeles Angels at Texas Rangers
April 14: Baltimore Orioles at New York Yankees
April 21: St. Louis Cardinals at Philadelphia Phillies
April 28: Atlanta Braves at Detroit Tigers
May 5: Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants
May 12: Los Angeles Angels at Chicago White Sox
May 19: Detroit Tigers at Texas Rangers
May 26: Atlanta Braves at New York Mets
July 14: St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs
July 21: New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox
With only 11 games — and with the obvious ratings maximization incentives in play — one cannot expect every team to be featured on Sunday night. But it is notable that the Nationals don’t have a first half game.
But it’s 2013. If you really want to see your team, there are a lot of ways to see your team. At least if you’re not subject to a 1965-era blackout restriction.
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- bayarea510 - Jan 15, 2013 at 5:27 PM
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Dodgers vs the Giants on Cinco De Mayo? What could possibly go wrong?
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- joerymi - Jan 15, 2013 at 7:57 PM
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5 of the games aren’t YANKEES/SAUX??
Is this really ESPN?
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- prettytoney1 - Jan 15, 2013 at 9:09 PM
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No Toronto Blue Jays really….
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- joerymi - Jan 15, 2013 at 9:55 PM
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Apparently a horrid team moving to the AL is more interesting to ESPN.
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- Steve A - Jan 16, 2013 at 6:51 AM
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The Blue Jays won’t make Sunday Night Baseball on a regular basis until they start winning on a regular basis. Even that doesn’t guarantee an appearance. I remember the Tigers only getting one game scheduled before the season last year after their division win in 2011. Yes, they did get flexed into a couple more games, but winning the division the year before didn’t do much for ESPN, apparently.
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- johnnyb1976 - Jan 16, 2013 at 12:08 AM
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No Cincinnati Reds? Cubs & Cardinals is a joke of a game and two jokes for teams.
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- stlouis1baseball - Jan 16, 2013 at 11:51 AM
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Success breeds jealousy Johnny. Let it go. It isn’t healthy.
Thanks for the valuable contributions you make to hardball talk though.
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- coachbeck - Jan 16, 2013 at 12:54 AM
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Lol No Reds what a joke.
Well ESPN doesn’t want the best I guess lol
If its gonna be like this then. It should be Yankees and Dodgers alternating
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- whodeytn - Jan 16, 2013 at 9:11 AM
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What an awful schedule as usual
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- tedster326 - Jan 22, 2013 at 3:18 PM
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Easter in Houston? My egg nog is going to spoil!
